Daily Archives: September 30, 2015

DRIVER WITH SICK DOG ARRESTED AFTER HITTING TWO MEN AT CONSTRUCTION SITE
Police arrested Jair Freire, 53, for leaving the scene of an accident in front of 38 East 22nd Street last Thursday at 10:06 a.m. Freire was rushing to the veterinary hospital with his sick dog and while stopped in traffic on East 22nd Street, he approached the men doing construction on the street and requested that he be allowed to go through due to an emergency. When they refused, Freire allegedly proceeded anyway and in the process, struck one of them with the passenger’s side of his vehicle, knocking him to the ground and causing a back and neck injury.
Police said that Freire also struck another man at the construction site with the driver’s side of the vehicle, knocking him to the ground and causing a scrape on his right elbow. He allegedly fled the scene of the accident and was later found at the veterinary hospital at 1 West 15th Street.

M&M ‘THIEF’ BUSTED AT BELLEVUE SOUTH PARK
Police arrested 54-year-old Bernard Santiago for robbery inside the 7-Eleven at 395 Third Avenue last Saturday at 8:20 p.m. The victim told police that Santiago went into the store, grabbed 19 bags of M&Ms candy bags and walked out without paying.
Store employees ran after Santiago and brought him into the back office, telling him that they were going to call the police. Santiago then allegedly took out a sharp object, which the victim said was a knife, and slashed her on the hand, causing a cut. Police said that Santiago then fled the store.
After canvassing Bellevue South Park, police found Santiago, who matched the employees’ description. One of the employees positively identified him and he was arrested. Police said that no knife was found on him.

MAN ARRESTED FOR ‘DRUNK’ DRIVING AFTER ACCIDENT
Police arrested 26-year-old Christoph Dumont for intoxicated driving on East 14th Street and the FDR last Saturday at 6:28 a.m. Dumont, who was driving on the FDR, was in a car accident that only involved him and his passengers. Police said that the accident occurred on the FDR service road on the jogging path.
Upon further investigation, police found that Dumont was allegedly under the influence of alcohol. Police said that he had the scent of alcohol on his breath and seemed very excited. He was given a Breathalyzer at the scene and allegedly tested a BAC of .159. When he was arrested, police found that he was also in possession of alleged marijuana, and he was charged for that as well.
Three of the passengers in the vehicle were taken to Bellevue Hospital with minor injuries.

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